National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior National NAGPRA National NAGPRA FY04 Final Report for the period October 1, 2003 – September 30, 2004 Table of Contents NAGPRA Overview 1 Notices 4 NAGPRA Grants 7 Information Management Systems 9 Training 11 Outreach 13 National NAGPRA Website 14 NAGPRA Regulations – 43 CFR 10 16 Culturally Unidentifiable Native American Human Remains 17 Museums and Federal Agencies With Culturally Unidentifiable Human 19 Remains and Associated Funerary Objects Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee 35 Summary of Requests to the Review Committee for Disposition of 37 Culturally Unidentifiable Native American Human Remains Review and Finding and Dispute Assistance Requests to the Review 42 Committee NAGPRA Overview All information and statistics reported are current as of close of business, September 30, 2004, which is the end of Federal fiscal year. Regular reports on National NAGPRA’s work are prepared twice each fiscal year, and are available on the program’s Website (http://www.cr.nps.gov/nagpra/DOCUMENTS/INDEX.htm). Summaries, Inventories, and Notices • Summaries have been received from 1,762 Civil Penalties institutions (1103 museums and 659 Federal The final civil penalties rule (43 CFR 10.12) was agency units). Statements of “no summary published in the Federal Register on April 3, 2003, and required” have been received from 103 museums became effective May 5, 2003. Administration of civil and 133 Federal agency units. penalties was assigned exclusively to the Chief • Inventories have been received from 1,138 Curator, who is under the direction of the Director of institutions (689 museums and 449 Federal the National Center for Cultural Resources (NCCR), agency units). Statements of “no inventory by the Director of NCCR on September 23, 2003. It required” have been received from 133 museums remained so assigned throughout the reporting and 153 Federal agency units. period. The NAGPRA civil penalties procedures were • Notices of Inventory Completion: 782 notices finalized on January 5, 2004. An overview of the civil have been published, an increase of 73 notices penalties procedures is available on the National during the reporting period. NAGPRA Website under “Law and Regulations.” • Notices of Intent to Repatriate: 294 notices (http://www.cr.nps.gov/nagpra/MANDATES/CP_Inv have been published, an increase of 30 notices estigation_Procedures.htm). Questions regarding civil during the reporting period. penalties are referred to Ms. Ann Hitchcock, Chief • Notices of Intended Disposition: 46 reported Curator, National Park Service. pairs of notices have been published, an increase of 10 reported pairs of notices during the Regulations reporting period. Four reserved sections of the NAGPRA regulations (43 CFR 10) are pending— FY2004 NAGPRA Grants • 43 CFR 10.7, Disposition of unclaimed human • $2,182,000 was available for NAGPRA Grants in remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, or objects FY2004. of cultural patrimony, is in preparation by • 41 tribal grant applications were received; 29 National NAGPRA staff. Regional meetings with tribal grants were awarded, totaling $1,535,659. Native American groups, representatives of • 17 museum grant applications were received; 11 museum and scientific organizations, and Federal museum grants were awarded, totaling $646,341. agency representatives were initiated (see • The total amount requested during FY2004 was “Outreach,” below), and a consultation plan is in $3,407,334. development. • • The total number of grant requests in FY2004 43 CFR 10.11, Disposition of culturally was 58. unidentifiable human remains, has been drafted and is under review within the Department of the Culturally Unidentifiable Human Remains Interior. As part of providing administrative support for the • 43 CFR 10.13, Future applicability, has been Review Committee, National NAGPRA is compiling drafted and is under review within the the Review Committee’s inventory of culturally Department of the Interior. unidentifiable human remains, as required by 25 • 43 CFR 10.15(b), Failure to claim where no U.S.C. 3006(c)(5). National NAGPRA has logged 599 repatriation or disposition has occurred, is inventories of culturally unidentifiable Native assigned to a National NAGPRA staff member. American human remains from 433 museums and 166 Federal agencies. To date, 595 inventories (430 Regulatory Informational Meetings museum inventories and 165 Federal agency • 43 CFR 10.7 Northwest region tribal consultation inventories), or approximately 99 percent of the 599 meeting (February 13, 2004, Portland, OR) inventories, have been entered into National • 43 CFR 10.7 consultation with the American NAGPRA’s Culturally Unidentifiable inventory Association of Museums (March 2, 2004, database. The total number of culturally Washington, DC) unidentifiable Native American human remains entered into the database is 111,238. 1 FY04 National NAGPRA Final Report • 43 CFR 10.7 consultation with the American for tribes, museums, Federal agencies, the public, Association for the Advancement of Science and members of the press (March 8, 2004, Washington, DC) (http://www.cr.nps.gov/nagpra/). • 43 CFR 10.7 consultation with the Society for • The National NAGPRA FY03 Annual Report and American Archaeology (April 19, 2004, FY04 Midyear Report were added to the Washington, DC) “Documents and Publications” area of the • 43 CFR 10.7 Southeast region tribal consultation Website meeting (June 16, 2004, Hollywood, FL) (http://www.cr.nps.gov/nagpra/DOCUMENTS/I • 43 CFR 10.7 Northeast region tribal consultation NDEX.htm) meeting (June 24, 2004, Uncasville, CT) • An overview of the NAGPRA civil penalties • 43 CFR 10.7 consultation with the American procedures was added to the “Law and Association of Physical Anthropologists (May 19, Regulations” area of the Website 2004, Washington, DC) (http://www.cr.nps.gov/nagpra/MANDATES). Regulatory Briefings National NAGPRA responded to the following media • 43 CFR 10.7 tribal and Federal agency briefings inquires— (November 19, 2003, Albuquerque, NM) • Alaska Public Radio Network • 43 CFR 10.7 briefing, United South and Eastern • Antiques Roadshow (PBS) Tribes, Inc., cultural resources committee • Arkansas Democrat Gazette (February 2, 2004, Washington, DC) • Associated Press, Denver Bureau • 43 CFR 10.7 briefing, Affiliated Tribes of • Baltimore Sun Northwest Indians (February 11, 2004, Portland, • Channel One TV News, Los Angeles, CA OR) • Danbury News Times • 43 CFR 10.7 Northwest Federal agency briefing • Discover Magazine (February 12, 2004, Portland, OR) • Green Bay Press Gazette • 43 CFR 10.7 Southeast Federal agency briefing • Hartford Courant (June 15, 2004, Atlanta, GA) • History Detectives (PBS) • 43 CFR 10.7 Northeast Federal agency briefing • Honolulu Advertiser (June 22, 2004, Boston, MA) • Honolulu Star-Bulletin • Juneau Empire Outreach • Medill News Service National NAGPRA participated in the following • Native American Times meetings— • Oklahoma Eagle • Native Sacred Places – Finding Common Ground • Palo Alto Weekly (November 14-15, 2003, Albuquerque, NM) • Philadelphia Inquirer • Kitigan Zibi Nation (February 9, 2004, • Reason Magazine Washington, DC) • Rochester Post Bulletin • Museum of Anthropology, University of British • Salt Lake Tribune Columbia (May 18, 2004, Vancouver, BC, • Schenectady Daily Gazette Canada) • Shaw Cable Television, Vancouver, BC • Digital teleconference on repatriation, U.S. • Victoria Times Colonist Consulate General and U.S. Embassy (May 19, • Wenatchee World Newspaper 2004, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Toronto, ON, • WFRV Television, Green Bay, WI Canada; and Ottawa, ON, Canada) • Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Simon Training Fraser University (May 19, 2004, Burnaby, BC, Completed during FY2004— Canada) • Arizona State Museum NAGPRA Workshop • Canadian Aboriginal Repatriation Conference (November 17, 2003, Tucson, AZ) (May 21-22, 2004, Massett, BC, Canada) • NAGPRA Grant Writing Workshop (November 18, • National Association of Tribal Historic 2003, Albuquerque, NM) Preservation Officers annual meeting (July 7-10, • Albuquerque NAGPRA Seminar (November 20, 2004, Washington, DC) 2003, Albuquerque, NM) • Georgia Department of Natural Resources Website developments completed during the NAGPRA Training (December 16-17, 2003, reporting period— Cartersville, GA) • The redesigned National NAGRA Website was • Bureau of Reclamation NAGPRA Training (April launched on October 20, 2003. The redesigned 7, 2004, Denver, CO) site features enhanced navigation and new pages 2 FY04 National NAGPRA Final Report • Washington, DC, NAGPRA Seminar (May 17, as the Review Committee’s Designated Federal 2004, Washington, DC) Officer through November 16, 2004. • Implementing NAGPRA Section 3: Excavations and Inadvertent Discoveries on Federal and Tribal On July 19, 2004, the Review Committee met via Lands (May 18, 2004, Washington, DC) teleconference. The Review Committee discussed agenda items for future meetings and elected Dr. Information Management Systems Rosita Worl to serve as interim chair. During the reporting period, the program emphasized the evaluation of the current database and the The Review Committee met on September 17-18, 2004, program’s reporting requirements, development of a in Washington, DC. The Review Committee new information system in SQL Server, input of data considered requests for recommendations regarding to the “culturally unidentifiable” Native American the disposition of culturally unidentifiable